Difference between revisions of "Abdurrahman Wahid"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(adding info) |
(adding defaultsort) |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
*[http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/former-president-abdurrahman-wahid-dies/350091 Abdurrahman Wahid dies, aged 69] | *[http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/former-president-abdurrahman-wahid-dies/350091 Abdurrahman Wahid dies, aged 69] | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahid, Abdurrahman}} | ||
[[Category:Indonesia]] | [[Category:Indonesia]] | ||
[[Category:International Political Figures]] | [[Category:International Political Figures]] | ||
[[Category:Muslims]] | [[Category:Muslims]] | ||
Revision as of 18:18, January 28, 2010
Abdurrahman Wahid, (Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil Wahid), (born Sept. 7, 1940, died December 30, 2009), [1] muslim president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, "gave Indonesia a chance to build religious tolerance, democracy and freedom. ... In only two years, he asserted civilian control over the military, revoked anti-Chinese legislation and encouraged press freedom. Most importantly, he condemned religious violence, argued strongly for a secular state and reached out to democracies around the world—including Israel." [1]
In 1984, as leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, which had up to 40 million members, and later as president, he promoted rights of minorities, of non-Muslims and the ethnic Chinese.